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A guard looks out from behind a gate as a police officer patrols in front of a fenced in hotel being used as part of the closed loop management for people who have arrived for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics on January 26, 2022 in Beijing. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

APTs quiet ahead of Beijing games, but financially motivated hackers are still lurking, research says

Nation-state hackers might not want to get on China's bad side, but athletes, officials, volunteers and fans should watch their phones.
General view of the Norwegian Parliament is seen on October 13, 2020 as the Norwegian Government said it believes that Russia is behind a cyberattack on the Norwegian Parliament, in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by ORN E. BORGEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

US, UK accuse Russian military hackers of battering-ram password attacks against hundreds of targets

The targets of Fancy Bear's brute force attacks include both government agencies and the private sector, the advisory alleges.
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